A Guide to the Dark

Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

A Guide to the Dark

Meriam Metoui
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Metoui)


Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Squire


  • Something More


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Squire


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Thunderbird


  • Mirage


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Huda F Are You?


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Ida in the Middle


  • All-American Muslim Girl


It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

Malaka Gharib
(Graphic Novels - GN 741.5092 Gharib Gha)


An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Thunderbird


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Squire


  • Something More


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Squire


  • Ida in the Middle


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Mirage


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Huda F Are You?


The Next New Syrian Girl

An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

The Next New Syrian Girl

Ream Shukairy
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Shukair)


An unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Squire


  • Huda F Are You?


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Ida in the Middle


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Squire


  • Something More


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Mirage


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Thunderbird


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • A Guide to the Dark


Bright Red Fruit

Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet—until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before—one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

Bright Red Fruit

Safia Elhillo
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Elhillo)


Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet—until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before—one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Huda F Are You?


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Mirage


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Squire


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Thunderbird


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Huda F Are You?


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Squire


  • Something More


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Ida in the Middle


  • A Guide to the Dark


Something More

Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 

Something More

Jackie Khalilieh
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Khalili)


Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Thunderbird


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Squire


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Mirage


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Squire


  • Something More


Thunderbird

Noor, a young orphaned girl who starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird's powers.

Thunderbird

Sonia Nimr
(Juvenile Fiction - J Nimr)


Noor, a young orphaned girl who starts in the present and must go back in time to get four magical bird feathers and save the world. Aided by a djinn cat and girls who look identical to Noor and who each have one of the bird's powers.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • The Shape of Thunder


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Something More


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Mirage


  • Huda F Are You?


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Thunderbird


  • Huda F Are You?


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Squire


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • Squire


Ida in the Middle

Ida is forced to move to a different school, but people still treat her like she'll never fit in. One day, she looks for food and discovers a jar of olives that came from her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself in the village, but things are different in this other reality.

Ida in the Middle

Nora Lester Murad
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Murad)


Ida is forced to move to a different school, but people still treat her like she'll never fit in. One day, she looks for food and discovers a jar of olives that came from her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself in the village, but things are different in this other reality.

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • Mirage


  • Squire


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Something More


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Squire


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Huda F Are You?


  • Huda F Are You?


  • All-American Muslim Girl


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Thunderbird


A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

15 authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends

Ellen Oh
- Editor
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Thousan)

15 authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.


YA Best Books of 2023

  • The Moth Keeper


  • Our Crooked Hearts


  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • The Star-Touched Queen


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Whalefall


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Spin


  • Rules for Vanishing


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess


  • The Hunger Games


  • Sunbearer Trials


  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • Delicious Monsters


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Starfish


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celesial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing the elixer of immortality. But when Xingyin's magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan
(Science Fiction & Fantasy - SF Tan)

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celesial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing the elixer of immortality. But when Xingyin's magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies.


YA Best Books of 2023

  • Our Crooked Hearts


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea


  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • Rules for Vanishing


  • Whalefall


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess


  • Sunbearer Trials


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • The Star-Touched Queen


  • The Moth Keeper


  • Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Space Trash, Vol. 1


  • The Moth Keeper


  • The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • The Hunger Games


  • Starfish


  • Cursed Princess Club, Vol. 1


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • The Adventure Zone, Vol. 1: Here There Be Gerblins


  • The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • Delicious Monsters


  • A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends


  • Solo Leveling, Vol. 1


  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1


  • Spin


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